Deputy injured in I-275 accident, taken to hospital

6:59 PM,
Aug. 21, 2013

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A Hamilton County sheriff's deputy was injured Wednesday after a semitractor-trailer hit his police cruiser on northbound Interstate 275 near the Ohio/Indiana border.

AirCare transported the deputy, identified as 39-year-old Tom Lange, to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Lange was listed in serious, but stable condition as of 6:20 p.m.

Lange was operating a marked Hamilton County sheriff's vehicle with its emergency lights activated in the left lane of I-275, according to the sheriff's office. Lange was on scene to alert motorists of a broken down van blocking the left lane of ...